Methodius of Olympus: De lepra

Interdisciplinary Approaches

Katharina Bracht, Anna Jouravel, Janina Sieber

• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN:
  9783111350790
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: History of Christianity

This volume studies and analyses the work De lepra by Greek church father Methodius of Olympus (3rd/4th century). The dialogue, which delves into the Old Testament legislation on leprosy in Leviticus 13, is approached from an interdisciplinary perspective, including ecclesiastical history, Slavonic studies, and editorial studies. The contributions serve as a complement to the publication of the Greek and Old Slavonic text of De lepra.

Table of contents

• Preface
• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• The Greek and Slavonic Transmission of Methodius’ De lepra
• The Florilegium Coislinianum and the Greek Text of Methodius’ De lepra
• Methodius’ De lepra as a Heteronomous Text
• Levitikus 13 in der Fassung der Septuaginta
• Lepra moralis. Das biblische und rabbinische Aussatz-Gesetz
• Vom Aussatz zur „Heiligen Krankheit“. Lepra in der christlichen Spätantike
• Vom Rohstoff zum Gewebe in spätantiker und frühchristlicher Zeit – Gedanken zur textilen Begrifflichkeit in Methodius’ De lepra
• The Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius
• Editionspraxis 2021. Eine Disputation
• List of Contributors
• Index of References
• Index of Persons
• Index of Subjects